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Article L213-29 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The form of the operating account as well as the definition of gross receipts, operating costs and general operating costs are determined by a professional agreement concluded between the representative organisations of producers of long-term cinematographic works, the representative professional organisations of distributors of these works, the professional authors’ organisations and the organisations for the collective management of authors’ rights mentioned in Title II of Book III of Part One…

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Article L213-31 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The obligations resulting from article L. 213-28 are not applicable to operators of cinematographic entertainment establishments, television service publishers or on-demand audiovisual media service publishers in respect of the acquisition of broadcasting rights or rights to make available to the public on the services they publish in return for a fixed and definitive price.

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Article L213-32 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The line producer transmits the operating account submitted to him in application of sub-section 1 of this section to the other co-producers, to the companies to which he is linked by a financing contract giving them a share in the operating revenue, to the authors listed in article L. 113-7 of the French Intellectual Property Code and, where applicable, to the publishers who have transferred the audiovisual adaptation rights for…

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Article L213-33 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Where, for one or more of the modes of exploitation, the line producer directly exploits a long-running cinematographic work, he shall draw up the corresponding exploitation account, in accordance with sub-section 1 of this section. Within the deadlines set out in article L. 213-28 of this code, the line producer must send the operating account to the other co-producers, to the companies to which he is linked by a financing…

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Article L213-34 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

When a contract for the transfer of broadcasting rights for a cinematographic work to a television service publisher provides for additional remuneration based on the results of the exhibition of this work in cinemas, the line producer must attach to the transmission of the exhibition account provided for in articles L. 213-32 and L. 213-33 the information relating to the payment of this remuneration.

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Article L213-35 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée may audit the operating account or have it audited by an independent expert. The purpose of this audit is to check the regularity and accuracy of the account. The distributor or, where applicable, the line producer sends the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée or the independent expert all the documents or evidence required to carry out the audit….

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Article L213-36 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

When a professional agreement, made compulsory on the basis of Article L. 132-25 of the Intellectual Property Code, as it stood prior to Law 2016-925 of 7 July 2016 on the freedom of creation, architecture and heritage, or Article L. 132-25-1 of the same code, provides in particular for the definition of the production cost of a feature-length cinematographic work, the terms and conditions of its depreciation and net revenues,…

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Article L214-1 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The following are subject to the provisions of this chapter : 1° Public ticket sales organised on an exceptional basis by associations and other legally constituted groups acting on a not-for-profit basis; 2° Private screenings organised by associations and similar bodies authorised to disseminate culture through the cinema; 3° screenings organised by associations and bodies whose purpose is the collection, conservation, restoration and dissemination of film heritage; 4° screenings organised…

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